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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:30456 comp.sys.intel:26504 comp.unix.bsd:15700 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7864 comp.os.linux.development:21662 comp.os.linux.misc:32232 comp.os.386bsd.development:2885 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4524 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!park.uvsc.edu!news From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 01:16:42 GMT Message-ID: <D16u7w.A49@park.uvsc.edu> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: hecate.artisoft.com References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3cit0i$mjf@tut.msstate.edu> <1994Dec16.182745.11668@tragus.atl.ga.us> Sender: news@park.uvsc.edu (System Account) Lines: 30 jcej@tragus.atl.ga.us (James CE Johnson) wrote: > > Joseph W. Vigneau (joev@mikasa.WPI.EDU) wrote: > > > : You'd have a better chance if the components were PCI, which the PReP > : specification uses... > > Good point! How 'bout a some VESA and PCI slots. Then I could > use the stuff I've got now and buy PCI for the future! How about *no* VESA or ISA slots. I'd prefer it to be possible to autoconfigure the hardware through software, thanks! (what do people think PCI is for anyway?). Any non-PCI slots in a PCI machine make it difficult (EISA/PCI) or impossible (ISA/PCI, VESA/PCI) to autoconfigure. EISA is difficult because there isn't a standard of how much CMOS is available per EISA slot, but at least it is brute-forcable. For most PCI machines today, the only think you get is a bigger pipeline... any non-PCI slots totally screw plug-n-play. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.